Shaving mirror



Jan. 24, 1928.

E. H. ADAMS SHAVING MIRROR Filed Dec. 27. 1926 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l O T NE M 1 Jan. 24, 1928. 1,657,334 E. H. ADAMS SHAVING MIRROR Filed Dec. 27.1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 sti t,

Application alert 2 eceinter relates to improvements in shaving and thelike and has for 0 provide a novel and superior mirror device for suchpurposes he source of light is so located e o'ht so difiused andprojected as to e the entire face with an entire ab- "lare and withoutshadows. in this n diffused beam of light is irectly on the face of theuser and re reflected in the mirror, the mirror roe of light being soassociated, l and held by novel means as to perpositioning andadjustment.

e foregoing and other objects in will appear as the description isinvention resides in the com- ,d arrangement of parts and in andclaimed, it being understood es in the precise embodiment of the inveuion herein disclosed may be made within l e scope of what is claimed.without departing from the spirit of the invention,

i in the drawings in which like numerals represent like parts:

l is a perspective view, partly in section, illustrating the device andits use;

Fig. is a front elevation of the device.

El is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the prismatic lightdii'dusing' portion and the dust cover affixed thereto; and

l i at is an enlarged elevation of a frag-- meet at he preferred lightdiffusing n to the drawings l design tes generally a mirror having anunsilver d portion designated at 2.

J electric lamp suitably held in a socket 3 in the rear of the mirror 2being affixed,

4: which is 'lhe mirror and lamp assembly is adjustably affixed by aball and socket joint at to a bracket arm 5 which is in turn adj ustablyheld by slotted ball and socket joint 5 in the wall-bracket 6. Provisionis made for adjusting the tension at the ball and socket joint 5 bymeans of a spring 7 which bears against a slidable cup 8, the pressureupon the spring being controlled by the member 9 which screws into thebracket 6. The flange 10 may be attired to the wall as by screws 1O asshown, or the member 9 may, if desired, be screwed to the wall and theflange held to the bracket t by a set screw (not shown) as in common inelectric light hectares, The

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movement of the ball and socket joints t 5 is limited so as to preventthe rotation of the arm 5 and mirror bracket 4t, A light diifusingmedia, preferably a prismatic porac tion ground in the rear face of themirror l,

as shown in 3. This portion is covered by a glass plate 12 serving as adust cover to keep the prismatic portion free from dirt, etc, l preferto have the diffusing media as integral with and in the mirror as shownthough as an alternative, the mirror may be plain and the lightdiffusing media ground in the adjacent face of thelplate 12. The glassplate 12 is held to the rear face of the mirror by a flange on themetallic backing i 1% which encloses the beveled edge of the mirror andholds the mirror in correct posi tion with reference to the mirrorbracket i.

Thisdevice has, proved to be of marked utility in that the mirror isreadily adjustable to any desired position and the diffused rays oflight come from within the confines of the mirror, nearly all of theface of which is edective and available for use as the rays of light areso difiused and broken up that it does not bother the eyes of the personusing the same nor prevent him from seeing reflections in the mirroreven though the reflections be adjacent the portion through which thelight comes.

Having described my invention what ll wish to claim and secure byLetters Patent 1s:-

l, A shaving mirror or the like having, in combination, a. wallybracket,a mirror adjustably held by said bracket, said mirror having in its backsurface an unsilvered prismatic light diffusing portion integraltherewith, a covering for said portion, and an electric lamp mountedrearwardly of said light diffusing portion adapted to shed a beam oflight therethrough. I i 2. ln an article of manufacture comprising ashaving mirror or the like, an adjustable wall bracket with an arm withslotted ball and socket jointed thereto, a mirror adjustably mounted onsaid arm by a slotted ball and socket joint, said mirror having in itsback surface an unsilvered prismatic light diffusing portion, a coveringfor said portion, and an electric lamp mounted on said bracketrearwardly of said light didus-i 'ing portion adapted to shed, a beam oflight therethrough.

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ERNEST H,

